Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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cranberry: low bush cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) tsaanttheetl high bush cranberry (Viburnum edule) |
crane: SYN sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) |
cranefly: cranefly, mosquito hawk |
cranky: she or he is cranky, not in a good mood |
crash: |
crave:COMP edektląą I crave COMP, have taste for COMP má' edektląą I have a taste for dry fish |
crawl:Different words are used depending in part on whether the crawling motion is 'slow, creeping' or 'fast'.
xághíhduuth | ||||||
crazy \cl: she drove me crazy, mixed me up |
creak:nedhegk'aaz éł dégk'ek I am stiff so my bones are creaking |
Creator, God: |
creek: a small creek, especially a creek on or coming down from hills or mountains. ch'endá' a creek ndîig a creek tlandíig a creek ndá' small creek The word nda' and especially ndîig occur in many river and creek names. |
cricoid cartilage: |
crippled: a crippled person shaatth crippled shaatth nłęę he is crippled, handicapped, hobbled by old injury SYN handicapped |
crisp: I am crisping, scorching it kón' keddh įhtsétl crisp it by the fire |
croak (frog): |
crooked: it is crooked tsets détgétth the wood is crooked net-tth'aagh something really crooked k'ę́y' net-tth'aagh crooked willow |
cross: religious cross |
cross wind: |
crossbill (bird): |
crouch: I am squatting down, crouching |
